Autosport Podcast: F1 Portuguese Grand Prix preview

Pos	Driver	Time
1	Lewis Hamilton	1h35m49.641s
2	Max Verstappen	1h35m54.111s
3	Daniel Ricciardo	1h36m04.254s
4	Sergio Perez	1h36m05.711s
5	Carlos Sainz Jr.	1h36m11.546s

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	230
2	Valtteri Bottas	161
3	Max Verstappen	147
4	Daniel Ricciardo	78
5	Sergio Perez	68
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Race	Circuit	Date
Portugal	Algarve	25 Oct
Emilia Romagna	Imola	1 Nov
Turkey	Istanbul	15 Nov
Bahrain	Bahrain	29 Nov
Sakhir	Bahrain	6 Dec
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Pos	Driver	Time
1	Stoffel Vandoorne	47m22.107s
2	Nyck de Vries	47m23.447s
3	Sebastien Buemi	47m24.948s
4	Rene Rast	47m25.687s
5	Sam Bird	47m30.817s

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Antonio Felix da Costa	158
2	Stoffel Vandoorne	87
3	Jean-Eric Vergne	86
4	Sebastien Buemi	84
5	Oliver Rowland	83
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Race	Circuit	Date
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